tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post4631898419341998626..comments2023-11-03T07:31:49.573-04:00Comments on Liberal Citizen: Learning Through Participation & Teaching Others--Attending School & Citizenship Not All that Different!Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253150846911854844noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-25589168633710871332007-03-02T20:24:00.000-05:002007-03-02T20:24:00.000-05:00In the last election, there was a big jump in part...In the last election, there was a big jump in participation of people under 25. At least that's why the media reported. So, when I looked, I saw that from 20% it went up to 24%. Great! (how do you express irony?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-79790018902745465302007-03-02T20:22:00.000-05:002007-03-02T20:22:00.000-05:00I don't have data from the previous generation (Vi...I don't have data from the previous generation (Vietnam era) about young people participating in and being aware of politics. But, today the percentage is extremely low, perhaps the lowest among many groups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-42057514316443144812007-03-02T20:13:00.000-05:002007-03-02T20:13:00.000-05:00I think you should include more posts about your e...I think you should include more posts about your experience in politics and in your personal life (those things you can share).<BR/><BR/>I read your teaching style in that PoliSci class. You're right about learning through teaching others.<BR/><BR/>When I was a grad student, the professor asked us to read a book a week, and every week a different student would present this book to others. It was hard at times, but soon we realized that a) we had to do the reading to participate in the discussion, b) nervous at first, but we learned how to speak to groups. Of course the most important thing was that we really had to understand the book and boil it down to its main themes & ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-64254036955186075522007-03-02T13:56:00.000-05:002007-03-02T13:56:00.000-05:00I wish more rich people did what Bill Gates is doi...I wish more rich people did what Bill Gates is doing, giving so much to organizations that make a positive difference in people's lives today! Unlike, Mother Theresa...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-6965258514475189802007-03-02T13:55:00.000-05:002007-03-02T13:55:00.000-05:00Care to explain what do you mean that there's stuf...Care to explain what do you mean that there's stuff in the "vacuum of space"???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-16221568929634705132007-03-02T13:54:00.000-05:002007-03-02T13:54:00.000-05:00That's why we can't assume that we can package dem...That's why we can't assume that we can package democracy and export it like any other commodity. Very hard to do so, especially when there are great divisions present. Iraq is a great example of such failure.<BR/><BR/>I do believe democracy--open society, representative gov., minority rights,etc--is the best regime, but it doesn't mean anything to barbarians.... No, I don't mean those people who don't accept it are barbarians, but they have to accept those principles (states above) before you can entertain thoughts about having such a regime. right?<BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-81572776554424738712007-03-02T13:47:00.000-05:002007-03-02T13:47:00.000-05:00Like Eleanor Rosevelt said, a democratic society d...Like Eleanor Rosevelt said, a democratic society doesn't happen overnight; it takes time and education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-13035705879728999762007-03-01T13:24:00.000-05:002007-03-01T13:24:00.000-05:00what? no vacuum in space?!! Are you sure? Well, i...what? no vacuum in space?!! Are you sure? Well, it's OK, we don't have to go to outer space... some of our fellow humans have emptied their brains and have created a perfect vacuum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-19725606991086655752007-03-01T13:23:00.000-05:002007-03-01T13:23:00.000-05:00Your students may be more engaged but I'm not sure...Your students may be more engaged but I'm not sure that nationally our kids really care about politics or know anything about what's happening out there. They too absorb bits and bites from the infotainment media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-62677564321984438872007-03-01T13:18:00.000-05:002007-03-01T13:18:00.000-05:00But the Faux news and other media channels don't r...But the Faux news and other media channels don't really care about pursuing the truth, just to entertain their ..folks.<BR/><BR/>Think of the recent crap Faux was peddling for several days about Obama being a radical muslim because he attended a religious school at age 6... They got their facts wrong, included inuendos, gossip, superstition, bias, and lots of simple stupidity. Sadly, some Americans watch this crap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-54481531127897646382007-03-01T12:59:00.000-05:002007-03-01T12:59:00.000-05:00I don't think all students appreciate how lucky th...I don't think all students appreciate how lucky they are to be getting an education. Though often it takes sometime to realize what you've got. Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774506.post-36833615446563083222007-03-01T12:57:00.000-05:002007-03-01T12:57:00.000-05:00Clarification: I'm aware that there's no vacuum in...Clarification: I'm aware that there's no vacuum in space, at least in the known universe--before the expansion horizon--where new space is created.<BR/><BR/>I used this as an expression to say that every person is subject to the forces within society and is helped by others to survive childbirth and grow up (this is at the very minimum). <BR/><BR/>This argument also takes a swipe at those who often say, I've built this on my own, entirely, so (they mean)no obligations to ..others are recognized. I accept the genious and the efforts of the individual, but even Bill Gates can't (and he doesn't) argue that without the protection of a civil society, the laws, the infrastracture, other human beings, etc, etc, we would just be a brute in a state of nature... (maybe not a bad thing)Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253150846911854844noreply@blogger.com